Bale-hook.



1 J. & S. FAIX.

BALE HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED IBB.8, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ka 9% ATTORNEY JOHN. FAIX em) SAMUEL FAIX, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

.' To all whomit lmay. bomm;

.Be it known that we, JOHN FAIk and SAMUEL FAIX, subjects of the Emperor of Austria, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of Cal ifornia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bale-Hooks, of which the 7 following is a specification.

. moving bales of'hay or the like.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved hook for liftinglor have heretofore been secured to "the handle by their stem being passed wholly therethrough, and a washer, nut, or other similar devicev beingsecured' upon. the projecting end of the stem. When such a hook is used p by the same person' du ri ng the whole day,

l remote from the point of the hook'is Welded to the center of across-bar 4: of suitable this projecting-portion, by constant abrasion against the inner surface of the hand wears away theskin and makes a soft'place which untilhealedprevents the user from. further work with the hooks The object/of our invention is'to' provide a hook so attached to the handle that this cannotjoccur; In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hook; .Fig. 2 is a broken similar view of the same the parts beingdetached. a r i v Referring to the drawing, lindicates "a hook having a stem 2. The end of the stem metal. v

The handle similar sections 5, each of the'general form n of a semi-cylinder-andeach formed with a longitudinal groove6 inythe flat side of the a I Copies of this patent maybe obtained for section to one side of its axis, said longitudi? nal groove {being connected at the center with a short transverse groove? leading to Such hooks is formed in two precisely BALE-HOOK.

I the farther edge of the flat side of the section. The crossbar 4t islaid in the longitudinal groove 6 of one section, the terminal portion of the stem 2 connected with said cross-bar being then laid in the short trans 1 verse groove 7 thereof, and the other handle section is then laid in contact with the first handle section so that the cross-bar is contained in both longitudinal grooves 6, as likewise the terminal portion of the stem in the transverse grooves 7. The handles are then secured togetherin any suitable manner, and are here shown as secured by means of rings Son their ends.

It is obvious that no portion of the hook projects from the handle except the side of the stem next the hook, which is contained between the fingers of a person grasping the handle.

A bale hook or thez'like comprising a hook a rounded outer side and each having in the Hat side on one side of the center a longitudinal groove in which thecross-bar is portionally contained and a transverse groove extendlng from the center of the longitudlnal groove to the remote edge of the handle section, and means for securing said handle sections together.

scribing witnesses.

- JOHN FAIX.

SAMUEL FAIX. Witnesses:

FRANoIs M. WRIGHT,

D. B. RICHARD.

five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto setounhands in the presence of two sub- 

